"street and stuck them into his mouth to prevent bigger children from stealing them. Someone dubbed him ""satchel mouth"" for his mouth acting as a satchel. Another tale is that because of his large mouth, he was nicknamed ""satchel mouth"" which was shortened to ""Satchmo"". Early on he was also known as ""Dipper"", short for ""Dippermouth"", a reference to the piece ""Dippermouth Blues"". and something of a riff on his unusual embouchure. The nickname ""Pops"" came from Armstrong's own tendency to forget people's names and simply call them ""Pops"" instead. The nickname was turned on Armstrong himself. It was used"
"Paul Winchell Paul Winchell (born Paul Wilchinsky; December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice artist, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 1954, he hosted ""The Paul Winchell Show"", which also used two other titles during its prime time run on NBC, ""The Speidel Show"", and ""What's My Name?"". From 1965–1968, Winchell hosted the children's television series, ""Winchell-Mahoney Time"". Winchell made guest appearances on Emmy Award-winning television series from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s, such as ""Perry Mason"", ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"", ""McMillan"
"later. The couple had a daughter, Jill Fletcher, an actress and comedian. Cyril Fletcher Cyril Fletcher (25 June 1913 – 2 January 2005) was an English comedian, actor and businessman. His catchphrase was 'Pin back your lugholes'. He was best known for his ""Odd Odes"", which later formed a section of the television show ""That's Life!"". He first began performing the Odd Odes in 1937, long before they first appeared on television (though he did appear on pre-World War II television). Fletcher came up with the idea when he was short of material for a radio show. The first Odd"
"Robert Smigel Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, humorist, puppeteer, comedian and writer known for his ""Saturday Night Live"" ""TV Funhouse"" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. He also co-wrote the ""Hotel Transylvania"" films and ""You Don't Mess with the Zohan"", both starring Adam Sandler. Smigel was born in New York City, to Lucia and Irwin Smigel, an aesthetic dentist, innovator and philanthropist. He is Jewish and frequently went to Jewish summer camp. He attended Cornell University, studying pre-dental, and graduated from New York University in 1983 with"
"Cyril Fletcher Cyril Fletcher (25 June 1913 – 2 January 2005) was an English comedian, actor and businessman. His catchphrase was 'Pin back your lugholes'. He was best known for his ""Odd Odes"", which later formed a section of the television show ""That's Life!"". He first began performing the Odd Odes in 1937, long before they first appeared on television (though he did appear on pre-World War II television). Fletcher came up with the idea when he was short of material for a radio show. The first Odd Ode was a comic, yet sentimental, reading of Edgar Wallace's war poem"
"Bill Bellamy William ""Bill"" Bellamy (born April 7, 1965) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Bellamy first gained national notoriety on HBO's Russell Simmons' ""Def Comedy Jam"", where he is credited for creating or coining the phrase ""booty call"", described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for sex. Bellamy was born in Newark, New Jersey. Bellamy is a cousin of basketball player Shaquille O'Neal. He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in nearby South Orange, New Jersey (now located in West Orange). He majored in economics at Rutgers University. For many"
"manager, Christine Sherrer, stated that he was breathing on his own, moving, and telling jokes. Gallagher (comedian) Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. (born July 24, 1946), known as Gallagher, is an American comedian and prop comic, known for smashing watermelons as part of his act. Gallagher was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to a family of Irish and Croatian heritage. Until the age of nine, he lived in Lorain, Ohio, but because of his asthma, the family moved to South Tampa, Florida, where he attended H.B. Plant High School. He went on to graduate from the University of South Florida"
"(big) mouth shut?!"" ""D'oh!"" is a catchphrase used by the mustachioed Scottish actor James Finlayson who appeared in 33 Laurel and Hardy films. The phrase, expressing surprise, impatience, or incredulity, was the inspiration for ""D'oh!"" as spoken by the actor Dan Castelleneta portraying the character Homer Simpson in the long-running animated comedy ""The Simpsons"". Homer's first intentional use of ""d'oh!"" occurred in the Ullman short ""Punching Bag"" (1988). In Laurel and Hardy's first sound film, ""Unaccustomed As We Are"", Hardy uses the expression when his character's wife smashes a record over his head. The first film pairing of the two,"
"You Said a Mouthful You Said a Mouthful is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Lord and Bolton Mallory. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston Foster, Allen Hoskins, Harry Gribbon, Edwin Maxwell and Sheila Terry. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 8, 1932. Joe Holt works for the Armstrong Rubber Goods company and believes he has invented an ""unsinkable"" bathing suit. His colleagues mock Joe behind his back and fool him into thinking his boss likes the swimsuit idea. Joe travels to California to inherit his"
"sinkable Joe impresses Alice by winning the race. You Said a Mouthful You Said a Mouthful is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Lord and Bolton Mallory. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston Foster, Allen Hoskins, Harry Gribbon, Edwin Maxwell and Sheila Terry. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 8, 1932. Joe Holt works for the Armstrong Rubber Goods company and believes he has invented an ""unsinkable"" bathing suit. His colleagues mock Joe behind his back and fool him into thinking his boss likes the swimsuit"
"Robert Schimmel Robert George ""Bob"" Schimmel (January 16, 1950 – September 3, 2010) was an American comedian who was known for his controversial blue comedy. While the extremely profane nature of his act limited his commercial appeal, he had a reputation as a ""comic's comic"" due to his relentless touring, comedy albums and frequent appearances on HBO and ""The Howard Stern Show"". Schimmel is number 76 on the 2004 program Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups Of All Time. Schimmel was born in the Bronx, New York City, the son of Betty and Otto Schimmel, Jewish survivors of the Holocaust."
"executive producer for it. Bill Bellamy William ""Bill"" Bellamy (born April 7, 1965) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Bellamy first gained national notoriety on HBO's Russell Simmons' ""Def Comedy Jam"", where he is credited for creating or coining the phrase ""booty call"", described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for sex. Bellamy was born in Newark, New Jersey. Bellamy is a cousin of basketball player Shaquille O'Neal. He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in nearby South Orange, New Jersey (now located in West Orange). He majored in economics at"
"Brown, Bob Hope, W. C. Fields, Abbott and Costello (in ""Keep 'Em Flying""), Charlie Chaplin (in ""Monsieur Verdoux""), and Jimmy Durante. She joined the USO in 1942, soon after the US entered World War II. She was known for the size of her mouth, which was large in proportion to her face, earning her the nickname The Big Mouth. She later referred to this in a series of television commercials for Polident denture cleaner in the 1980s: ""So take it from The Big Mouth: new Polident Green gets tough stains clean!"" Her large mouth would relegate her motion picture work"
"The Paul Winchell Show The Paul Winchell Show, or The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show, or The Spiedel Show, was a variety program which aired on NBC prime time from 1950 to 1954, starring ventriloquist Paul Winchell and his dummy, Jerry Mahoney. The program had comedy and dramatic skits, quiz questions, and a section called ""What's My Name?"", in which contestants sought to guess the identity of a celebrity based on a few clues. ""What's My Name?"" was also the title of the series in the 1952–1953 season. There was for a time a second dummy too, Knucklehead Smiff."
"Paul Mooney (comedian) Paul Gladney (born August 4, 1941), better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, is an American comedian, writer, social critic, and television and film actor. He is best known for his appearances on ""Chappelle's Show"" and as a writer for comedian Richard Pryor. Mooney was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and moved to Oakland, California, seven years later. His parents are George Gladney and LaVoya Ealy. Mooney was raised primarily by his grandmother Aimay Ealy, known among the family as ""Mama"". Mama coined the nickname ""Mooney"" after the original ""Scarface"" (1932) actor Paul Muni. Mooney became a"
"Shirley Dinsdale Shirley Dinsdale Layburn (October 31, 1926 – May 9, 1999), better known by her maiden name of Shirley Dinsdale, was an American ventriloquist and television and radio personality of the 1940s and early 1950s. She is best remembered for her dummy ""Judy Splinters"" and for the early 15-minute children's television show that bears that name. In 1949, she received the first Emmy award (first award in the first presentation) for Outstanding Television Personality when she was a student at UCLA. After her television career, she also achieved success in a second career as a cardiopulmonary therapist. Dinsdale was"
"Murray Kinnell Murray Kinnell (24 July 1889, London, England – 11 August 1954) was an English-born American actor, recognized for playing smooth, gentlemanly, although rather shady characters. He appeared in 71 films in the USA between the pre-code era of 1930 and 1937. He was best known as the two-timing petty-larceny hood Putty Nose in ""The Public Enemy"" (1931). He also appeared in a number of the Charlie Chan series of films. He also had a brief tenure in stage work from 1911, prior to his cinema career. On 11 August 1954, Kinnell died at his home in Santa Barbara,"
"friend, Janet (Eileen O'Neill also appeared in several episodes as another of Dick's girl friends, Wanda). As was typical of the Smothers Brothers in their later show, ""The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"", Dick was typically the straight man to Tom's humorous antics. The series was produced by Four Star Television in association with the brothers' ""Knave Productions"" (named for Tom's catchphrase, ""Curb Your Tongue, Knave!"", and the title of their 1963 record album). This series may have indirectly inspired the Brothers' more successful later series, ""The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"", in that Tom Smothers had been critical of the series"
"earnings. ""Up your nose with a rubber hose!"", sanitized from the original album line ""Up your hole with a Mello-Roll!"", became an unlikely catchphrase from the show. It became so popular that a comedy record by Kaplan, ""Up Your Nose"", was released by Elektra Records. The record, co-written and -produced by Kaplan, dented the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1977, peaking at #93. From 1976–78 and again in 1981, Kaplan participated in the ABC celebrity athletic competition ""Battle of the Network Stars"". For the first five competitions, Kaplan was the captain of the ABC network team. In the very first"
"Skeets McDonald Enos William McDonald (October 1, 1915–March 31, 1968), better known as Skeets McDonald, was an American country and rockabilly musician popular during the 1950s and 60s. Best known for the Slim Willet-penned song ""Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"", McDonald was a devoted honky tonk singer and songwriter whose work helped to bridge the gap between country and rock and roll. McDonald was born on October 1, 1915 in Greenway, Arkansas. He was the youngest of his parents' seven children; his gained his nickname for calling mosquitoes ""skeets"" as a child. When his older brother moved"
"Nipsey Russell Julius ""Nipsey"" Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) was an American comedian, poet, and dancer best known for his appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including ""Match Game"", ""Password"", ""Hollywood Squares"", ""To Tell the Truth"" and ""Pyramid"". His appearances were frequently distinguished in part by the short, humorous poems he would recite during the broadcast. These lyrics became so closely associated with Russell that Dick Clark, Bill Cullen, Betty White, and others regularly referred to him as ""the poet laureate of television."" He also had a leading role"
"2013 onwards. Waddell's funeral was held in Leeds on 22 August 2012. Before Waddell's funeral he was cremated earlier in the day in a private ceremony. Sid Waddell Sid Waddell (10 August 1940 – 11 August 2012) was an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed the 'Voice of Darts' due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yorkshire, BBC, and Sky Sports television broadcasters. Due to his joke telling skills he was also nicknamed the Thief of Bad Gags, firstly by Dave Lanning. He was nominated for two prestigious awards for his work,"
"Seth Morris Seth Morris (born May 21, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his recurring roles on programs such as ""Go On"", ""Happy Endings"", ""The Hotwives of Orlando"", ""Kroll Show"", and ""Childrens Hospital"". Morris is originally from Marin County, California - the younger of two boys - and attended Novato High School. After graduating, not knowing what he wanted to do, he went back and forth between traveling and community college. This included a stint at UC Santa Cruz and a six-month bicycling trip across the country, from San Francisco to Florida. Morris has worked numerous"
"popular use as an expression until well after the first world war. Lines from Lloyd's song, ""Pretty Lips"" were quoted in Rudyard Kipling's book, Stalky & Co.. The ""Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English"" credits Lloyd with popularising the term, ""toff"" to refer to a well-to-do person. The term most likely originated from an abbreviation of Cockney slang, where a toffee-nosed person was simplified to a ""toff."" However, the popularity of Lloyd's song, the ""Shoreditch Toff"" did a great deal to ensure that the expression entered the popular lexicon. Arthur Lloyd (musician) Arthur Lloyd (14 May 1839 – 20 July"
"Frank Nelson (actor) Frank Brandon Nelson (May 6, 1911 – September 12, 1986) was an American comedic actor best known for playing put-upon foils on radio and television, and especially for his ""EEE-Yeeeeeeeeesssss?"" catchphrase. He made numerous guest appearances on television shows, including ""The Addams Family"", ""The Jack Benny Program"", ""I Love Lucy"", ""The Real McCoys"", and ""Sanford and Son"". He also provided voices for animated series such as ""The Flintstones"", ""Mister Magoo"", ""The Jetsons"", ""Dinky Dog"", and ""The Snorks"". Nelson began his entertainment career in radio, and later moved into television and movies. In 1926, at age 15, Nelson"
"Cliff Nazarro Cliff Nazarro (January 31, 1904 – February 18, 1961) was a popular double-talk comedian of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in movies such as ""You'll Never Get Rich"" (1941) as Swivel Tongue with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, In Old Colorado (1941) as Nosey Haskins with William Boyd, and ""Hillbilly Blitzkrieg"" (1942) as Barney Google. A comment in a 1942 newspaper article summed up Nazarro's varied talents: ""He played all sorts of roles in stock companies, was a versatile actor in musical comedy and vaudeville, is one of the top masters-of-ceremony in show business, and was a"
"Robert Middleton Robert Middleton (born Samuel G. Messer, May 13, 1911 – June 14, 1977) was an American film and television actor known for his large size, beetle-like brows, and a deep, booming voice (for which he was known as ""Big Bob Middleton""), usually in the portrayal of ruthless villains. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Middleton was one of four children of a building contractor. He trained for a musical career at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Middleton's career in entertainment began with a job as an announcer on WLW radio in Cincinnati. He"
"Rodney Dangerfield Jack Roy (born Jacob Rodney Cohen, November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), popularly known by the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, filmmaker, musician and author known for his self-deprecating one-liners humor, his catchphrase ""I don't get no respect!"" and his monologues on that theme. He began his career working as a stand-up comic in the Borscht Belt resorts of the Catskill Mountains north of New York City. His act grew in notoriety as he became a mainstay on late-night talk shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, eventually developing into a"
"Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995), was an Italian-American singer, actor, comedian, and producer. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed ""The King of Cool"" for his seemingly effortless charisma and self-assurance. He and Jerry Lewis formed the immensely popular comedy duo Martin and Lewis, with Martin serving as the straight man to Lewis' slapstick hijinks. A member of the ""Rat Pack"", Martin went on to become a star of concert stages, nightclubs, audio recordings, motion pictures, and television. Martin was the"
"Jimmy Durante James Francis Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, Lower East Side Manhattan accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as ""the schnozzola"" (from the Yiddish slang word ""schnoz"" [big nose]), and the word became his nickname. Durante was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He was the youngest of four children born to Rosa (Lentino)"
"Martin. Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995), was an Italian-American singer, actor, comedian, and producer. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed ""The King of Cool"" for his seemingly effortless charisma and self-assurance. He and Jerry Lewis formed the immensely popular comedy duo Martin and Lewis, with Martin serving as the straight man to Lewis' slapstick hijinks. A member of the ""Rat Pack"", Martin went on to become a star of concert stages, nightclubs, audio recordings, motion pictures, and television. Martin was"
"He is interred at the Paradise Memorial Gardens in Scottsdale, Arizona. Albums Videos Book Robert Schimmel Robert George ""Bob"" Schimmel (January 16, 1950 – September 3, 2010) was an American comedian who was known for his controversial blue comedy. While the extremely profane nature of his act limited his commercial appeal, he had a reputation as a ""comic's comic"" due to his relentless touring, comedy albums and frequent appearances on HBO and ""The Howard Stern Show"". Schimmel is number 76 on the 2004 program Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups Of All Time. Schimmel was born in the Bronx, New"
"act. On ""Love, American Style"", he appeared with fellow ventriloquist Shari Lewis in a sketch about two shy people in a waiting room who choose to introduce themselves to each other through their dummies. Winchell's most successful TV show was ""Winchell-Mahoney Time"" (1965–1968), a children's show written by his then wife, actress Nina Russel. Winchell played several onscreen characters, including Knucklehead Smiff's father, Bonehead Smiff. He also played himself as friend and adult advisor to Mahoney and Smiff. He also created ""Mr. Goody-good,"" a surreal character, by painting eyes and a nose on his chin, covering his face with a"